34 And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. (A)But [a]the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them.

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  1. Judges 20:34 Lit. they

34 Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize(A) how near disaster was.(B)

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12 For (A)man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are (B)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.

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12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

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